Aryan Gholami

Aryan Gholami (Persian: آرین غلامی; born 26 July 2001) is an Iranian chess grandmaster.

Aryan Gholami
Country	Iran
Born	(2001-07-26) July 26, 2001 (age 24) Sari, Iran
Title	Grandmaster (2020)[1]
FIDE rating	2468 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2554 (October 2019)

Chess career

In November 2009, Gholami won the U8 section of the World Youth Chess Championship.^[2]

In 2015, Gholami was part of the Iranian team that won the Youth & Cadets Chess World Championship.^[3]

In February 2019, Gholami met with Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei after refusing to play against Israeli opponent Ariel Erenberg at the Rilton Cup Chess Tournament in Sweden. Gholami's refusal to play cost him the win in the tournament, but received praise from Khamenei.^[4]

In October 2019, Gholami was the tournament leader after the 7th round of the U18 World Youth Chess Championship.^[5][6][7]